Former Ohio House speaker convicted in $60 million bribery scheme

TL;DR

$60 million bribery scheme that federal prosecutors have called the largest corruption case in state history. Jurors also heard taped phone calls in which Householder and another co-defendant, the late Statehouse superlobbyist Neil Clark, plotted a nasty attack ad — and, in expletive-laced fashion, contemplated revenge against lawmakers who had crossed Householder. Householder testified that he never retaliated against those who voted counter to his wishes or who donated to his rivals

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